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Leiris, Antoine.
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Leiris, Antoine.
Victims of terrorism -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
Terrorism -- France -- Paris -- History -- 21st century.
Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Terrorism victims' families -- France -- Paris.
Madison Choice Award Non-Fiction Nominees 2017
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You
will
not have
my
hate
/ Antoine Leiris ; translated from the French by Sam Taylor.
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Leiris, Antoine.
New York : Penguin Press, 2016. 2016.
Subjects
Leiris, Antoine.
Victims of terrorism -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
Terrorism -- France -- Paris -- History -- 21st century.
Terrorism -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Terrorism victims' families -- France -- Paris.
Madison Choice Award Non-Fiction Nominees 2017
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On Friday night you stole the life of an exceptional person, the love of
my
life, the mother of
my
son, but you
will
not have
my
hate
." On November 13, 2015, Antoine Leiris's wife, Helene Muyal-Leiris, was killed by terrorists while attending a rock concert at the Bataclan Theater in Paris, in the deadliest attack on France since World War II. Three days later, Leiris wrote an open letter addressed directly to his wife's killers, which he posted on Facebook. He refused to be cowed or to let his seventeen-month-old son's life be defined by Helene's murder. He refused to let the killers have their way:"For as long as he lives, this little boy
will
insult you with his happiness and freedom." Instantly, that short Facebook post caught fire, and was reported on by newspapers and television stations all over the world. In his determination to honor the memory of his wife, he became an international hero to everyone searching desperately for a way to deal with the horror of the Paris attacks and the grim shadow cast today by the threat of terrorism. Now Leiris tells the full story of his grief and struggle. You
Will
Not Have
My
Hate
is a remarkable, heartbreaking, and, indeed, beautiful memoir of how he and his baby son, Melvil, endured in the days and weeks after Helene's murder. With absolute emotional courage and openness, he somehow finds a way to answer that impossible question: how can I go on? He visits Helene's body at the morgue, has to tell Melvil that Mommy
will
not be coming home, and buries the woman he had planned to spend the rest of his life with. Leiris's grief is terrible, but his love for his family is indomitable. This is the rare and unforgettable testimony of a survivor, and a universal message of hope and resilience. Leiris confronts an incomprehensible pain with a humbling generosity and grandeur of spirit. He is a guiding star for us all in these perilous times. His message--hate
will
be vanquished by love--is eternal."
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129 pages : photograph ; 21 cm
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